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'''MR. DUNCAN McKERRACHER'''. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by Alexander Walker in honor of Perthshire fiddler Mr. [[biography:Duncan McKercher]] (spellings vary) (1796-1873), the so-called "Dunkeld Paganini" (whom family history had it once danced on a table to the playing of Niel Gow). | '''MR. DUNCAN McKERRACHER'''. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer [[biography:Alexander Walker]] in honor of Perthshire fiddler Mr. [[biography:Duncan McKercher]] (spellings vary) (1796-1873), the so-called "Dunkeld Paganini" (whom family history had it once danced on a table to the playing of Niel Gow). | ||
[[File:mckerracher.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Duncan McKerracher, depicted playing his famous encore "The Mason's Apron," wearing his Masonic apron]] | [[File:mckerracher.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Duncan McKerracher, depicted playing his famous encore "The Mason's Apron," wearing his Masonic apron]] | ||
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MR. DUNCAN McKERRACHER. Scottish, Strathspey. E Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB'. Composed by Aberdeenshire fiddler-composer biography:Alexander Walker in honor of Perthshire fiddler Mr. biography:Duncan McKercher (spellings vary) (1796-1873), the so-called "Dunkeld Paganini" (whom family history had it once danced on a table to the playing of Niel Gow).
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Walker (A Collection of Strathspeys, Reels, Marches, &c.), 1866; No. 143, p. 49.
Recorded sources: